A record of tasks completed since January 2020.
A record of tasks completed since January 2020.
| 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Site | Task | |
| Jan | 2 | Lily Hill Park | Vegetation Clearance |
| 9 | Nightingale Triangle | Scrub Clearance | |
| 16 | Bucklers Forest | Gorse cutting | |
| 23 | Lily Hill Park | Vegetation Clearance | 30 | Caesars Camp | Scrub cutting |
| Feb | 6 | Cabbage Hill | Coppicing and dead hedge creation |
| 13 | Garth Meadows | Fencing Work & Cutting back Blackthorn | |
| 20 | Frost Folly | Tree Fencing works | |
| 27 | Wildmoor Heath | Knee rail replacement & Bramble Pull | |
| Mar | 5 | LilyHill Park | Clearing edge of hoggin paths & Burning Laurel |
| 12 | Church Hill Park | Stream Tidy and Leaky Dam creation | |
| 19 | Nine Mile Ride - Maddingley | Tree Planting | |
| 26 | Cabbage Hill | Continuing the Dead Hedge | |
| Apr | 2 | South Hill Park | Planting and weeding |
| 9 | Garth Meadows | Hawthorn Cut, Fence repair in readiness for Cattle | |
| 16 | Bucklers Forest - Fire Pond | Conifer clearance and tree guard removal | |
| 23 | Whitegrove Copse | Ditch clearing and wet area creation | |
| 30 | Horseshoe Lake | Balsam Pull and Willow Fencing | |
| May | 7 | Lily Hill Park | Bridge Repair and Bramble Pull |
| 14 | Peacock Meadows south | Chestnut knee rail build | |
| 21 | Long Hill Park | Thistle and ragwort pulling | |
| 28 | Cabbage Hill | Ragwort pulling | |
| Jun | 4 | South Hill Park | Planting up the borders |
| 11 | Larks Hill | Fence post replacement, ragwort clearing & Plum Tree pruning | |
| 18 | Bucklers Forest | Bracken bruising | |
| 25 | Frost Folly | Tree and boundary fencing in readiness for Cattle | |
| Jul | 2 | Horseshoe Lake | Balsam pull |
| 9 | Peacock Meadows South | Ragwort pulling | |
| 16 | Lily Hill Park | External Redecoration of Lodge and Gate + Brambles | |
| 23 | Savernake Park | Painting/clearing rails | |
| 30 | Cabbage Hill | Ragwort pulling | |
| Aug | 6 | Wick Hill Woods | Re-instate Pond & coppice/dead hedge creation |
| 13 | Bucklers Forest | Install Allotment plots at the Community Garden | |
| 20 | Bucklers Forest | Install Allotment plots at the Community Garden | |
| 27 | Temple Copse | Coppicing | |
| Sep | 3 | Frost Folly | Reed clearance |
| 10 | Wykery Copse | Coppicing | |
| 17 | Lily Hill Park | Brambles | |
| 24 | Savernake Park | Willow coppicing around the pond and hurdle making | |
| Oct | 1 | Garth Meadows | Remove fence and Hawthorn Hedge |
| 8 | Temple Copse | Continue Coppicing and Holly clearance | |
| 15 | Buckler’s Park | Gorse Management and dead hedge maintenance | |
| 22 | Circle Hill | Holly and Laurel to cut and burn | |
| 29 | Buckler’s Park Community Garden | Growing Spaces area preparation/ Path Laying | |
| Nov | 5 | Ambarrow | Install new footpath |
| 12 | South Hill Park | Bramble clearance | |
| 19 | Circle Hill | Holly and Laurel to cut and burn | |
| 26 | Englemere Pond | Rhododendron removal | |
| Dec | 3 | Westmorland Park | Pond work and vegetation clearance |
| 10 | Peacock Meadows | Chestnut fencing | |
| 17 | Farley Copse | Coppicing, Holly & bramble clearance | |
| 2023 | |||
| Date | Site | Task | |
| Jan | 3 | Farley Copse | Scrub Clearance, bramble bash and burn |
| 10 | Nightingale Crescent | Scrub Clearance | |
| 17 | Larks Hill | Orchard pruning | |
| 24 | Edmunds Green | Coppicing | |
| 31 | Wildmoor Heath | Scrub Clearance | |
| Feb | 7 | Lily Hill Park | Scrub Clearance; Rehanging 5-bar gate; Orchard pruning |
| 14 | Bill Hill | Rhododendron and Holly clearance | |
| 21 | Wentworth Way | Wood chip path and Laurel removal | |
| 28 | Popes Meadow | Wood chip mulch under Oaks | |
| Mar | 7 | Lily Hill Park | Continuing Scrub Clearance near Orchard |
| 14 | Bucklers Forest | Remove Tree Guards | |
| 21 | Garth Meadows | Hawthorn Cut and Burn | |
| 28 | Hayley Green Woods | Ditch/Wetlands Work | |
| Apr | 4 | South Hill Park | Path Repair and Weeding |
| 11 | Snaprails Park | Weed Cycle track/Shrubbery and Instal Post/Rail fence | |
| 18 | Big Wood | Remove Tree Guards | |
| 25 | Long Hill Park | Cut back Rhododendron & Weed | |
| May | 2 | Lily Hill Park | Path Widening and Weeding |
| 9 | Cabbage Hill | Woodchipping paths plus Ragwort pull | |
| 16 | Bucklers Forest | Tree guard removal and conifer regeneration removal | |
| 23 | Garth Meadows | Pond Clearance/ Fence,Gate and Bridge Repair | |
| 30 | Cabbage Hill | Ragwort pull | |
| Jun | 6 | Ambarrow Court | Ditch digging/footpath cut-backs |
| 13 | Lily Hill Park | Mulching in the Orchard | |
| 20 | Peacock Meadows | Knee Rail Repair and Ragwort pull | |
| 27 | Long Hill Park | Replace steps | |
| Jul | 4 | South Hill Park | Repair Amphitheatre, Remulch South Lawn Oak & Weed |
| 11 | Cabbage Hill | Ragwort Pull | |
| 18 | Bucklers Forest | Bracken Bruising | |
| 25 | Larks Hill | Installing Entrance Gate Posts and signs | |
| Aug | 1 | Lily Hill Park | Repair Amphitheatre, Bramble/Rhodi/Holly clearance |
| 8 | Whitegrove Copse | Dead Hedging | |
| 15 | Horseshoe Lake | Bank erosions spiling and in-filling | |
| 22 | Big Wood | Tree Guard removal | 29 | Englemere Pond | Remove Birch and Pine saplings to promote Heather growth |
| Sep | 5 | Lily Hill Park | Scrub Clearance |
| 12 | Bucklers Forest | Tree Guard removal | |
| 19 | Popes Meadow | Coppicing and Holly Removal | |
| 26 | The Cut opposite Garth Meadows | River restoration work, woodland tidy/dead hedging | |
| Oct | 3 | Lily Hill Park | Planting Wildflowers |
| 10 | Westmorland Park | Coppicing and Brash Bundle Creation | |
| 17 | Wildmoor Heath | Scrub Clearance | |
| 24 | Bill Hill | Rhododendron and Holly clearance | |
| 31 | Englemere Pond | Scrub clearance on heath, dead hedging | |
| Nov | 7 | South Hill Park | Cleanup around the Car Park |
| 14 | Temple Copse | Coppicing and Holly Removal | |
| 21 | Piggy Wood | Wet woodland restoration clearing and damming | |
| 28 | Bucklers Forest | Rhododendron clearance | |
| Dec | 5 | Lily Hill Park | Tidying the North Car Park |
| 12 | Westmorland Park | Coppicing | |
| 19 | Wildmoor Heath | Scrub Clearance | |
| 2022 | |||
| Date | Site | Task | |
| Jan | 4 | Lily Hill Park - Starch Copse | Bramble/Holly clearance |
| 11 | Wildmoor Heath | Gorse clearance to create firebreak | |
| 18 | Wykery Copse | Coppicing | |
| 25 | Nightingale Crescent | Scrub Clearance | |
| Feb | 1 | Lily Hill Park- Starch Copse | Bramble & Holly Clearance |
| 8 | Farley Copse | Clearing pond of silt/duckweed and digging ditch | |
| 15 | Larks Hill | Orchard prune and burn | |
| 22 | Whitegrove Copse | Bramble pulling | |
| Mar | 1 | Lily Hill Park | Scrub clearance on site of Old Foresters Pub |
| 8 | Ambarrow Court | Laurel/Acacia Clearance | |
| 15 | Wykery Copse | Coppicing | |
| 22 | Caesars Camp | Pine and rhody pulling | |
| 29 | Cabbage Hill | Ragwort pulling & Woodchip spreading | |
| Apr | 5 | Lily Hill Park | Repair Lychgate plus continue scrub clearance on site of Old Foresters Pub |
| 12 | Garth Meadows | Pond dig | |
| 19 | Frost Folly | Fencing / Tree Guard removal/ Bailer twine removal | |
| 26 | Englemere Pond | Pine pulling / Gate repair | |
| May | 3 | Lily Hill Park | Continue with tidying and securing the Old Foresters Pub site |
| 10 | Peacock Meadows | Clearing a pond & Ragwort pulling | |
| 17 | Nine Mile Ride - Madingley | Vegetation clearance & Pond creation | |
| 24 | Cabbage Hill | Ragwort pulling | |
| 31 | Larks Rise | Vegetation Clearance in the Orchard | |
| Jun | 7 | Lily Hill Park | Continue scrub clearance on site of Old Foresters Pub |
| 14 | Frost Folly | Ragwort pulling | |
| 21 | Peacock Meadows South | Ragwort pulling | |
| 28 | Peacock Meadows South | Ragwort pulling | |
| Jul | 5 | Lily Hill Park | Vegetation Clearance |
| 12 | Savernake Park | Railing clearing and painting | |
| 19 | Task cancelled - Too hot! | ||
| 26 | The Parks | Holly removal, path clearance and Ragwort pull | |
| Aug | 2 | Lily Hill Park | Brash Clearance and Erecting Fences |
| 9 | Frost Folly | Reed and Ragwort pull | |
| 16 | Snaprails Park | Weeding | |
| 23 | Tarmans Copse | Coppicing and Pond dig | |
| 30 | Englemere Pond | Scrub bashing | |
| Sep | 6 | South Hill Park | Bramble Clearance in South Woods |
| 13 | Warfield FP7 | Install boardwalk section across public footpath | |
| 20 | Larks Hill | Hawthorn clearance | |
| 27 | Westmorland Park | Limes pruning and dead hedging | |
| Oct | 4 | South Hill Park | Bramble Clearance in South Woods |
| 11 | Bucklers Forest | Build Bee Banks | |
| 18 | Wykery Copse | Coppicing | |
| 25 | Englemere Pond | Scrub bashing | |
| Nov | 1 | Lily Hill Park | Vegetation Clearance in Starch Copse |
| 8 | Temple Copse | Coppicing | |
| 15 | Task cancelled - Heavy Rain | ||
| 22 | Whitegrove Copse | Bramble pulling> | |
| 29 | Wildmoor Heath | Scrub Control | |
| Dec | 6 | Lily Hill Park | Vegetation Clearance in Starch Copse |
| 13 | Tarmans Copse | Tree Planting | |
| 20 | Farley Copse | Dam building, Bramble clearing and coppicing | |
| 2021 | |||
| Date | Site | Task | |
| Jan | COVID Lockdown - 4 weeks cancelled | ||
| Feb | COVID Lockdown - 4 weeks cancelled | ||
| Mar | 2-23 | COVID Lockdown - 4 weeks cancelled | |
| Mar | 30 | South Hill Park | Bed maintenance, path and kerb tidy and replacing path edging |
| Apr | 6 | Westmorland Park | Knee rail removal, fencing work and dead hedging |
| 13 | Evenlode Way and Snaprails Park | Bank Clearance and Cycle Track Maintenance | |
| 20 | Whitegrove Copse | Dead Hedging to protect the bluebells | |
| 27 | South Hill Park | Replace Path Edging; Bramble Removal; Weeding | |
| May | 4 | Englemere Pond | Heathland clearance/Dead hedging/Willow Hurdle making |
| 11 | School Hill | Fix Pond!/Laurel & Holly sapling removal | |
| 18 | Garth Pond | Himalayan balsam pulling | |
| 25 | Mill Lane and Babbage Way | Boundary Tree work & Vegetation removal; Chestnut fencing replacement | |
| Jun | 1 | Lily Hill Park | Replace knee rail around veteran oak. Ivy removal from trees |
| 8-22 | Peacock Meadow | 3 weeks of Ragwort Pulling | |
| 29 | Cabbage Hill | Bracken clearance | |
| Jul | 6 | Hayley Green Wood | Bramble clearance |
| 13 | Horseshoe Lake | Himalayan Balsam Pulling | |
| 20 | Cabbage Hill | Ragwort Pulling | |
| 27 | Big Wood | Clearing willow and making hurdles around the pond | |
| Aug | 3 | Cabbage Hill | Hedgerow weeding |
| 10 | Warfield Chase | Orchard and vegetation work | |
| 17 | Ambarrow Court | Pond digging | |
| 24 | Englemere Pond | Rhodie clearance | |
| 31 | Farley Wood Centre | Scrub Clearance around the tennis courts | |
| Sep | 7 | Savernake Park | Hurdle Making |
| 14 | The Parks | Clearing out planting areas | |
| 21 | Hayley Green Wood | Vegetation pruning and bulb planting | |
| 28 | Wildmoor Heath | Creating Firebreak | |
| Oct | 5 | Nightingale Triangle | Scrub Clearance |
| 12 | Englemere Pond | Rhodie clearance | |
| 19 | Tinkers Copse | Bramble Bashing | |
| 26 | The Parks | Rhododendron clearance | |
| Nov | 2 | Lily Hill Park | Dam building and Willow coppicing |
| 9 | Hayley Green Wood | Bramble Clearance | |
| 16 | Wildmoor Heath | Creating Firebreak | |
| 23 | Caesars Camp | Gorse cut back | |
| 30 | Lily Hill Park - Starch Copse | Bramble Clearance | |
| Dec | 7 | Temple Copse | Bramble Clearance |
| 14 | The Parks | Rhododendron clearance | |
| 21 | Wildmoor Heath | Creating Firebreak | |
| 2020 | |||
| Date | Site | Task | |
| Jan | 7 | Garth Meadows | Clearing Blackthorn |
| 14 | Wykery Copse | Removal of old Boardwalk, Hazel Coppicing and Hazel Screening | |
| 21 | Ambarrow Court | Bramble Clearance and building Stag Beetle Loggery. | |
| 28 | The Chestnuts | Bramble Clearance and Coppicing | |
| Feb | 4 | Englemere Pond | Heathland Clearance |
| 11 | Farley Copse | Holly thinning | |
| 18 | Nightingale Triangle | Bramble Clearance | |
| 25 | Wildmoor Heath | Heathland Clearance | |
| Mar | 3 | Peacock Meadow - West Garden & Tarmans Copses | Hazel Coppicing plus Chestnut fencing construction |
| 10 | Nine Mile Ride - Madingley | Rhododendron Clearance | |
| Mar | 17-31 | COVID lockdown - 3 tasks cancelled | |
| Apr | COVID lockdown - 4 tasks cancelled | ||
| May | COVID lockdown - 4 tasks cancelled | ||
| Jun | 2-9 | COVID lockdown - 2 tasks cancelled | |
| 16 | South Hill Park | Renovating the amphitheatre | |
| 23 | South Hill Park | Renovating the amphitheatre & Weeding/Mulching | |
| 30 | South Hill Park | Renovating the amphitheatre & Weeding/Mulching | |
| Jul | 7 | South Hill Park and Horseshoe Lake | SHP-Weeding/Mulching;HL-Removal of Himalayan Balsam |
| 14 | South Hill Park and Tarmans Copse | SHP-Weeding/Mulching;TC-Fence/Sign install and dead hedging | |
| 21 | Northerams Wood | Repair Pond Lining. Remove fencing. Thin Sapling regrowth. | |
| 28 | Horseshoe Lake | Removal of Himalayan Balsam | |
| Aug | 4 | Peacock Meadows South | Ragwort Pulling |
| 11 | Peacock Meadows | Ragwort Pulling/Bin & Sign Installation/Fencing Beehives. | |
| 18 | Frost Folly and Warfield FP7 | Reedmace Clearance / Replacement Gates | |
| 25 | Englemere Pond | Heathland Scrub Clearance | |
| Sep | 1 | Cabbage Hill | Reposition Gate & Bench, Install sign, Bracken clearance + AGM |
| 8 | Frost Folly | Reedmace Clearance & Fencing | |
| 15 | Evenlode Way, Snaprails Park and Horseshoe Lake | EW-Weeding/Mulching; SP-Cycle track tidy; Horseshoe Lake-Balsam pulling | |
| 22 | Englemere Pond | Reed cutting & scrub bashing | |
| 29 | Wykery Copse | Coppicing | |
| Oct | 6 | Savernake Park | Coppicing and hurdle making/ and plant bed edging |
| 13 | Newt Reserve and Garth Meadows | Vegetation Management | |
| 20 | Westmorland Park | Bug hotel/ Composter build/ Vegetation clearance | |
| 27 | School Hill | Step Replacement and Laurel Clearance | |
| Nov | 3 | Wildmoor Heath | Scrub clearance |
| 10 | Wykery Copse | Coppicing | |
| 17 | Whitegrove Copse | Bramble pulling | |
| 24 | Newt Reserve and Garth Meadows | Vegetation Management | |
| Dec | 1 | Farley Wood Centre | Hedge Planting |
| 8 | Wildmoor Heath | Scrub clearance | |
| 15 | Farningham Ride | Boundary & black cherry Clearance | |
| 22-29 | COVID lockdown - 2 tasks cancelled | ||